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Also called Motu One, a remote uninhabited atoll in the western Society Islands classified a réserve naturelle intégrale in 2000, protecting turtle nesting habitat, seabird colonies, and an enclosed l

Bellinghausen

Largest of the uninhabited northwestern Marquesas islands, designated a nature reserve in 1992 to protect endemic land birds, seabird colonies, and recovering native vegetation after historic feral-an

Eiao

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve spanning seven Tuamotu atolls (Fakarava, Aratika, Kauehi, Niau, Raraka, Taiaro, and Toau), protecting pristine coral reefs, dense shark and fish aggregations at the passes, ra

Fakarava

Uninhabited northern Marquesas island declared a réserve naturelle intégrale (integral nature reserve) in 1992; one of the few Marquesan islands free of introduced mammals, it shelters important seabi

Hatuta'a

Uninhabited island southeast of Hiva Oa designated the Motane Nature Reserve in 1992, protecting endemic Marquesan birds and one of the last remnants of native dry forest in the archipelago.

Mohotani

The only atoll in the Marquesas, a remote low sandbank and reef designated a nature reserve in 1992 for its globally significant seabird nesting colonies and undisturbed marine habitat.

Motu One

Also called Manuae, the largest and westernmost atoll of the Society Islands, classified a réserve naturelle intégrale in 2000; an uninhabited reef-and-lagoon complex protecting green sea turtle nesti

Scilly

A closed-lagoon atoll in the central Tuamotus, the first atoll in the world named a UNESCO biosphere reserve (1977) and a strict nature reserve; its hypersaline, pass-free lagoon is a unique scientifi

Taiaro

French Polynesia's only territorial park, set in the Vaipaea (Te Faaiti) valley of the Papenoo basin on Tahiti, protecting native rainforest, endemic plants, and river ecosystems with a popular hiking

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